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Newswise Expert Finder
Newswise offers journalists a variety of tools to help them find experts at our member institutions. In this monthly report feature we will be discussing each of these tools in depth as well as letting you know about some future tools that we plan to offer.
Newswise Query Service
Newswise offers a query service to our subscribing journalists. Reporters request experts in one of four subject areas „ SciNews, MedNews, BizNews, or LifeNews. The requests include a thorough description of the expert needed, deadlines, and contact information. Newswise forwards the requests via email to the appropriate participating higher-education and research institutions. If your institution wants to respond to a reporter's query, you reply directly to the reporter via phone or email. This service is available only to non-profit institutions and universities. View reporters' feedback on the Newswise Query Service.
In the first three quarters of 2004, Newswise has distributed 280 reporter queries to our member institutions.
The Expert Query service is valuable for journalists. Several -- including two from the American Medical News and one from Scientific American -- use the service regularly.
If people on your staff would like to receive queries in one or more of the topics, please notify us.
Newswise Archive
Reporters also tell us that they use the Newswise Archive and search form to find experts. In the April 2004 monthly report we presented data on reporters' use of the Newswise Archive. We showed that it was substantial and increasing.
Newswise currently maintains a database of more than 36,000 articles from 1997 to the present. As opposed to a simple keyword search, the archive is full-text searchable — each word in the full text of the release is indexed for searching. Searches may be further refined by date, library, and/or contributing institution. Results are returned by sequence of relevance. The Newswise Archive extends the shelf life of your news release for years.
Newswise Contact Directory
Journalists may also search for experts by using the Newswise Contact Directory. All clients may include a link to their web-based experts database in this directory. In the May 2004 monthly report we discussed the Newswise Contact Directory. If a journalist is looking for an expert at a specific institution, the Newswise Contact Directory can be searched to find an institution's media contact who can direct them to the appropriate expert.
Forthcoming Expert Finder Tools
Soon we will be enhancing our Expert Finder tools by adding a button to the navigation bar on all Newswise website pages, to help journalists locate experts using the methods described above.
Do you have suggestions for what we might do to help you with your media-relations efforts involving experts?
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This is the twenty-sixth edition of the monthly report in which you'll find:
Earlier results
A preliminary report on access counts is now provided for files you've contributed during the most recent month, in addition to a final report on your prior month's activity. This allows you to track both preliminary and longer-range access counts for your stories.
Enhanced context
Your reports are now provided within the greater context of this monthly Newswise report, which offers perspectives on your data not previously available, such as studies of how the media access and use Newswise and your stories. We also hope to utilize this "interactive" newsletter as a way of eliciting your suggestions and to acknowledge those who have contributed suggestions.
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September 2004 Newswise Report (preliminary)
(If your institution had contributed stories in September 2004, data on those stories would appear here. You will find overall site statistics below.)
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Newswise September 2004 PRELIMINARY Report
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HITS ON ALL INSTITUTIONS' NEWS RELEASES
By LIBRARY and TYPE OF STORY
(based on data gathered through 20-Oct-2004)
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Number of Type Access Counts
SEPTEMBER of ---------------------
News Releases Story TOTAL Avg Median
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MEDNEWS LIBRARY
267 Research or Feature 125996 472 426
0 Policy -- -- --
17 Announcement 4628 272 289
SCINEWS LIBRARY
93 Research or Feature 49784 535 459
0 Policy -- -- --
39 Announcement 11201 287 304
LIFENEWS LIBRARY
86 Research or Feature 48185 560 448
0 Policy -- -- --
10 Announcement 2775 278 285
3 Higher Ed Event 710 237 227
BIZNEWS LIBRARY
17 Research or Feature 8326 490 448
0 Policy -- -- --
1 Announcement 302 302 302
View this month's Top Hit Stories
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August 2004 Newswise Report (final)
(If your institution had contributed stories in August 2004, data on those stories would appear here. You will find overall site statistics below.)
Table 1
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Newswise August 2004 FINAL Report
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HITS ON ALL INSTITUTIONS' NEWS RELEASES
By LIBRARY and TYPE OF STORY
(based on data gathered through 20-Oct-2004)
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Number of Type Access Counts
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News Releases Story TOTAL Avg Median
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MEDNEWS LIBRARY
231 Research or Feature 108769 471 417
2 Policy 702 351 351
13 Announcement 3472 267 262
SCINEWS LIBRARY
105 Research or Feature 52889 504 451
0 Policy -- -- --
10 Announcement 2693 269 272
LIFENEWS LIBRARY
63 Research or Feature 31351 498 427
0 Policy -- -- --
6 Announcement 1688 281 278
0 Higher Ed Event -- -- --
BIZNEWS LIBRARY
20 Research or Feature 11005 550 488
0 Policy -- -- --
6 Announcement 1778 296 285
View this month's Top Hit Stories
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"I absolutely adore Newswise. I have found several reports that have helped with stories I'm currently working on, as well as fresh ideas to pitch to my editors at various magazines. I really look forward to my Newswise email every morning."
--Nancy Kalish, Freelance |
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--Martha Barnette, Freelance |
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--Jakob Lisbjerg, Danish Broadcast Corporation |
"I'm one of the people who have been signed up for your news service for a while. Medical Information from many of the press releases found on your site often makes it into our health magazine (Island Scene) and www.islandscene.com. I'm writing because I'm moving to another publication. I'll be working at the Honolulu Star-Bulletin as an editor. But I want to make sure that a couple of our writers continue to receive your very useful Medwire after I leave. The names of the writers are ... and .... Their emails are ..., and .... Your assistance will be much appreciated.
--Ignacio Lobos, Island Scene Magazine |
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University of Missouri-Columbia
The release Intermittent Exercise Better than Continuous was covered by:
Reuters - New York, NY
MetroNews - St. Louis, MO
Hamilton Spectator - Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
HealthNewsDigest.com
PeerView.com
Washington Times - Washington, DC
United Press International
TheBostonChannel.com - Boston, MA
TheIowaChannel.com - Iowa
Click2Houston.com (KPRC-TV) - Houston, TX
ChannelOklahoma.com (KOCO-TV) - Tulsa, OK
WSOCTV.com - Charlotte, NC
WebIndia123.com
TheIndyChannel.com - Indianapolis, IN
Local10.com - Miami, FL
NewsNet5.com - Cleveland, OH
TheSanDiegoChannel.com (KGTV-TV) - San Diego, CA
KTVU-FOX - San Francisco, CA
KTVU-FOX - San Francisco, CA
WKBW-ABC - Buffalo, NY
Ivanhoe Newswire
Columbia Daily Tribune - Columbia, MO
HindustanTimes.com
Index-Journal - Greenwood, SC
Rocky Mountain News - Denver, CO
Washington Post - Washington, DC
Louisville Courier-Journal - Louisville, KY
Toronto Star - Toronto, Ontario, Canada
WVEC-ABC - Norfolk, VA
Oakland Tribune - Oakland, CA
Orlando Sentinel - Orlando, FL
Alameda Times-Star - Alameda, CA
Charleston Post and Courier - Charleston, SC
The Daily Camera - Boulder, CO
Quad City Times - Davenport, IA
The Doctor's Guide
Los Angeles Times - Los Angeles, CA
Northwest Herald - Crystal Lake, IL
Winston-Salem Journal - Winston-Salem, NC
Just A Minute Health
Dallas Morning News - Dallas, TX
Patriot-News - Harrisburg, PA
Post-Gazette - Pittsburgh, PA
Detroit News - Detroit, MI
Baton Rouge Advocate - Baton Rouge, LA
Cincinnati Post - Cincinnati, OH
San Diego Union Tribune - San Diego, CA
Health & Medicine Week
Miami Herald - Miami, FL
Mail-Tribune - Portland, OR
WNCT-CBS - Greenville, NC
Biotech Week
Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week
Copley News Service
Newsday - New York, NY
WNYW-FOX - New York, NY
MissouriNet - Jefferson City, MO (63 hits)
Also from University of Missouri-Columbia, the release Human Brains Evolved For Social Competition appeared in:
Betterhumans.com (online)
Innovations Report (online)
United Press International
Rednova Science News (online)
Medical News Today (online)
Science A Gogo.com (online)
Medilexicon (online)
HealthNewsDigest.com (online)
Tampa Tribune
Ohio State University
The release Aggressive Tendencies Revealed by Asymmetry in Body Parts appeared in:
Washington Post
USA Today
Chicago Tribune
Baltimore Sun
Columbus Dispatch
Portland Oregonian
Toronto Star
Sunday Telegraph (London)
Calgary Sun
Vancouver Sun
Jerusalem Post
Reuters News Service
Nature
WSJ.com
ABCnews.com
CNN.com
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